Hi all, dis is SaraFerret. I was at the bridge entrance as usual doing bridge greetings, when all of a sudden a small sable ferret came racing across de bridge. I has gotten smarter over de years at doing dis, so I don't stand too close anymore. Luckily there is always a soft cloud bank for fuzzies to run into so dey dont runs into anything hard. WHOOF! The sable fuzzie runs into de cloud! Well, I goes over dere and helps de little fuzzy help and de he looks up and asks me, Where am I? I introduces myself, Hi, I am SaraFerret. I am de Rainbow Bridgegreeter. This is your new home and I am here to welcome you. Here there is no pain or suffering, endless play and green grass to run in, no litter pans, lotsa food and water, and even better, other ferrets to visit with and climb with. The sable fuzzie says sadly, Hey I don't want to be here. I want to be back home with Mommy. But I says to him, Hey, it is really fun here. It really is. Likes I says. Endless play. Fun games. He just sighs and then he says, well if its that way I just might as well get used to it. My name is Taz and I belongs to Millie. She is such a nice lady. She tells me dat she names all of her fuzzies Taz. She took me to de fuzzy doctor and was so good to me. She held me close to her and talked to me all de time. It just didn't seem like I spent all dat much time on de earth. And den all of a sudden I was here. Den Taz began to cheer up a bit. (Sometimes de shock of crossing hits a new one and it takes a bit to adjust). Den he spots my wings and asks, What are dose things on your back, SaraFerret. Those are wings. Only the ferretangels get those. We are so fortunate. We are God's special animals. Do you have a special color you would like for your wings? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Then Taz notices a butterfly fluttering by and yells, hey those color of wings. Okay and so off we went toward the Wing House, visiting with other groups of fuzzies along de way. A group of dem joined us, even another Taz who had belonged to Miss Millie. At de Wing House, dere was the big box (of course) on the counter. Taz went over to it and opened it and pulled out his own set of wings. Dey matched perfectly de butterfly wings and he was just amazed. How did anyone know dat I would pick dose colors: blue with black streaks! I says, Well, things happen like dat all de time here. Its just amazing to de new ferrets. Surprises always hit ya until you get used to it. Well we helped Taz on with his wings and he went over to de mirror and smiled at his reflection and says he wishes his Mommy Millie could see him now. So off we went to see the sights and sounds along the bridge Along the garden path, we stopped by de misting pond. We sat down dere and we swished de water and den Taz saw Millie appear with big tears in her eyes. So Taz took his hugs and kisses and wrapped dem with his love and sent dem to her on a shooting star which might take some time to reach her. He made a promise dat one time in de future he would visit her in her dreams and when she awoke she would know he had been dere by his musky smell and his scratchy whiskers on her cheek or she might even spot a vision of him. Then with another swish the vision of Millie was gone. But Taz knew from de greeting posted at de entrance dat dere beloved humans would be reunited with dem at de ends of dere lives nevermore to be separated. So off we went down the path toward his new home and other ferrets joined us along the way. Taz felt really at home now and began wardancing and dooking with them. And so ended another day at de Rainbow Bridge. Love and Pawhugs SaraFerret, Bridgegreeter [Posted in FML 5703]